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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Microsoft acquires Irish middleware giant Havok

Takes it from Intel for an undisclosed sum.

October 5, 2015 | 10:45

AMD Talks GPU Gaming Physics

We discuss gaming physics with AMD's Manju Hegde, former co-founder of Ageia and Nvidia CUDA VP.

February 17, 2011 | 07:48

Nvidia doesn't care what physics library devs use

Nvidia's Tony Tamasi has said that he doesn't mind what physics library developers use, as long as it runs on Nvidia GPUs.

October 14, 2009 | 10:36

Velocity engine shows potential for CPU physics

Terminal Reality demonstrates its Infernal Engine in Ghostbusters, showing how physics can scale over multiple CPU threads.

April 16, 2009 | 13:45

Nvidia considers porting PhysX to OpenCL

Nvidia reveals that shifting PhysX to OpenCL is a possibility in the future, enabling owners of ATI cards to use PhysX too.

March 27, 2009 | 13:08

AMD demonstrates Havok with GPU acceleration

AMD shows that Havok physics effects can be accelerated on GPUs via OpenCL, and Nvidia says it would be happy to work with Havok.

March 27, 2009 | 11:25

AMD to demo GPU physics at GDC next week

AMD plans to reveal its GPU physics strategy on 26 March, saying that it will accelerate Havok using Stream and OpenCL.

March 20, 2009 | 09:56

Havok claims to dominate BAFTAs

Intel must be chuffed, as its physics company, Havok, provided the physics in ten out of the 27 games nominated for a BAFTA.

February 27, 2009 | 14:13

AMD says PhysX will die

Godfrey Cheng, Director of Technical Marketing in AMD's Graphics Products Group, has said that PhysX will die if it remains a closed and proprietary standard.

December 11, 2008 | 17:42

Nvidia helping to bring PhysX to ATi Cards

Developers at NGOHQ.com are getting Nvidia support to bring CUDA based PhysX to Radeon graphics cards.

July 9, 2008 | 12:35

AMD announces support for Havok Physics

AMD has announced support for Havok Physics, essentially sticking two fingers up at Nvidia and its recently-acquired PhysX API.

June 12, 2008 | 14:16

Havok Physics goes free

Havok has announced it will be releasing it's complete toolset for free this May - which is great news for indie and professional studios.

February 22, 2008 | 11:27

Nvidia set to acquire Ageia

In a rather shocking announcement, Nvidia has revealed that it is set to acquire Ageia Technologies for an undisclosed amount.

February 4, 2008 | 23:28

AMD has considered buying Ageia

Physics has been one of those industry buzzwords for a while now, and it looks like the company that raised the awareness could well be on the road to acquisition.

November 22, 2007 | 13:14

Larrabee is Intel’s entry into discrete graphics

IDF FALL 07: Otellini talks briefly about Larrabee's capabilities during his keynote.

September 19, 2007 | 00:26

Microsoft is developing Direct Physics API

A job posting says that Microsoft is looking to recruit a physics developer to work on a new module for Direct X. What happens to AGEIA and Havok?

June 21, 2006 | 08:54

Microsoft to create standard Physics API

Physics acceleration looks like it has some acceptance from software giant Microsoft, as it wants to create an industry-standard physics API.

May 2, 2006 | 19:05

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion interview

Bethesda's next RPG, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, is simply gorgeous. We asked Brett Thomas to polish his suit of armour and find out more about this Xbox 360 and PC stunner in this exclusive interview with the game's Producer, Gavin Carter.

November 9, 2005 | 09:00

Unreal Tournament 2007 (head)shots hit the web

The first gameplay details and screenshots of the Unreal Engine 3 powered deathmatch shooter, Unreal Tournament 2007, have hit the web - and, confusingly, it will arrive in 2006.

May 5, 2005 | 11:03